TOKYO. Monday, July 4, 2011 3: 00 pm EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - Boeing (BA).(N) said Monday it is considering the construction of a new system provider to minimize the impact of natural disasters on its operations, after a huge earthquake in the Japan hurt the Aeronautics and defence Cabinet long-delayed 787 Dreamliner aircraft production.
The March earthquake and tsunami wrought havoc on supply chains in a raft of industries, overall gaps causing of elements ranging from semiconductor to paint used in the production of the car.
Aircraft CEO of Boeing commercial, Jim Albaugh, said that the company is seeking hard to its relations with suppliers and the possibility of double-sourcing of critical parts.
"We want to make you very sure that we have in the future a production system that is not affected by the natural disaster that can happen anywhere in the world," Albaugh told journalists on the sidelines of an event organized by the company at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
About 35% of the Dreamliner is currently developed and manufactured by Japanese companies such as Kawasaki Heavy Industries (7012.T), Fuji Heavy Industries (7270.T) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011.T).
All Nippon Airways Co (9202.T), the client to launch for the Dreamliner, is expected to take delivery of the first plan sometimes in August or September.
The lightweight Dreamliner, composite carbon is already more than three years behind its original purpose of the delivery of May 2008 due to problems of production and work.
(Reporting by Mariko Katsumura;) (Editing by Joseph Radford)
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